Purple Haze: The Sequel feat. Easy Wheat Bread

I've decided my leftover "Purple Haze" millet+sweet potato mash would make some pretty awesome veggie burgers. So I'll need to throw together a loaf of bread before work to have something to put them on. This is by far the easiest, most versatile, and best slicing wheat bread recipe... like... ever.

Easy Wheat Bread:

1 cup Whole Wheat Flour

1 cup Unbleached White Flour

2 Tbsp Olive Oil

2 Tbsp Honey

1 Tbsp Flaxseed Meal

1 tsp Yeast

1 tsp Sea Salt

3/4 cup Warm Water

I use a bread machine to make my dough. It makes bread making immensely easy, and you can find a bread machine for a couple of bucks at practically any Goodwill or other large thrift store. I tend to double the recipe most of the time and it fits fine as dough in my machine. Add your ingredients to the machine, set to dough cycle and let it go. Once it beeps, place dough in an oiled bread pan, cover with a damp towel, and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes to an hour. If you don't have a bread machine, combine ingredients in a large bowl, knead for a couple of minutes, let rise in a warm place for an hour, knead, place in bread pan then let rise another hour or so (if doubling, divide into two loaf pans). Bake 'em off at 375 for 25-30 minutes. Let cool slightly before slicing, then enjoy.

My favorite variations of this bread are a 4 seed bread (1 tbsp. or so of each pumpkin, flax, chia, and poppy seeds) and a vitamin-b garlic bread (1 tbsp. fresh garlic, 2 tbsp. nutritional yeast). Try adding something of your own and let me know how you like it!

To make the burgers, take about 2 cups of the millet+sweet potato mash and add one large egg and some more cumin and cinnamon. This should turn out to be 4 burgers. These are a bit crumbly, as many veggie burgers are, but if you want them to be a little sturdier add a 1/4 cup of oatflour (1/4 cup plus 2 tbsps. rolled oats pulsed in the blender makes 1/4 oat flour). Pat them out into burgers and cook on medium/high heat in an oiled skillet, about 45 seconds on each side.

 Serve with toppings like greens, avocado, sliced gouda, sprouts, red onion, and, of course, some home-made bread and you've got yourself one heck of a sandwich!